1. Final Exam Review

HW - Return Yellow Textbook & Study for Finals

 

1. 1st & 6th period finals

HW - Return Yellow Textbook & Study for Finals

 

1. 2nd & 3rd period finals

HW - Return Yellow Textbook & Study for Finals

 

1. 4th & 5th period finals

HW - Have a wonderful summer! See you as a SENIOR!!!

 

1. Mock Trial: Defense, Closing Statements & Decision

HW - None

 

1. Final Writing Prompt Prep Day

HW - Prepare for in-class writing assignment

 

1. Final Writing Day

HW - None

 

1. Final Exam Study Guide

HW - Begin studying for finals

 

1. Final Exam Review Day

HW - Study for finals

 

 

1. Paper Pass Back

2. Character Composites (The Crucible)

HW - Complete the John Proctor Mock Trial Google Form (below)

2nd Period Mock Trial Sign Up 

 

1. Mock Trial Roles

2. Trial Prep Day #1

HW - None

 

1. Mock Trial Prep Day #2

HW - Be Prepared for Opening Statements & Prosecution Witnesses Fri

 

1. Opening Statements & Prosecution Witnesses

HW - Be Prepared for Defense Witnesses & Closing Statements Mon

 

1. The Crucible Movie

HW - None

 

1. CAASPP - Adaptive Day #1

HW - None

 

1. CAASPP - Adaptive Day #2

HW - None

 

Thursday 5/25

1. CAASPP - Performance Task Day #1

HW - None

 

1. CAASPP - Performance Task Day #2

HW - None

 

1. SSR - Read Act 3 (pp 207-210)

2. Correct Act 2 Analysis Questions

3. Class Reading - Act 3 (pp 210-216)

HW - Finish reading to page 216 if not completed during class

 

1. Continue Reading Act 3 (pp 216-223)

2. CAASPP Practice Test

HW - Finish Reading Act 3 (pp 223-227)

1. CAASPP Practice Test

2. The Crucible Act 3 Analysis Questions (#1-8)

HW - Prepare for Act 3 Comprehension Quiz & Finish Act 3 Analysis Questions #1-8

 

1. The Crucible Act 3 Comprehension Quiz

2. Finish Act 3 Analysis Questions

HW - None

 

1. Discuss/Correct Act 3 Analysis Questions

2. Finish CAASPP Practice Test

HW - None.

 

1. Turn in Act 1 Analysis Questions

2. Act 1 Characterization Chart

HW - Finish Act 1 Characterization Chart

 

1. Prom Voting

2. Discuss/Correct Act 1 Analysis Questions (back side)

3. Act 1 Comprehension Check Quiz

HW - Read Act 2 (pp 191-197 - stop when Rev. Hale enters)

 

1. Discuss Act 1 Characterization Chart

2. Discuss pp 191-197

3. Continue Reading Act 2

HW - Finish Reading Act 2 (pp 199-205)

 

1. SSR - Finish Act 2 if not already done with it

2. CAASPP Practice #1 - Chromebooks

HW - Review Act 2 for tomorrow's comprehension quiz

 

 

1. The Crucible Act 1 Comprehension Check (Quiz)

1. Correct/Discuss "The Autobiography of Mark Twain"

2. Paper Pass Back

HW - None

 

1. The Crucible Terminology Pre-Test

2. The Crucible Cloze Notes

HW - Read "Between Heaven and Hell" in yellow textbook

 

1. SSR (pp 166-169) - take notes on Rev. Parris & Salem Town

2. The Crucible Introductory Video - take notes

HW - None

 

1. Read The Crucible (pp 169-172)

2. Begin Act 1 Analysis Questions

HW - Read The Crucible (pp 172-175)

 

1. Finish Act 1 Analysis Questions (pp 166-175)

2. Correct/Discuss Act 1 Analysis Questions

HW - None

 

1. Welcome Back

2. Satire: "...Mountain Dew"

3. Whole Class Reading, Small Group Analysis. Due @ the end of the period.

HW - None

 

1. Satire Project. Open the document below. Select File, "Make a Copy" 

2. Begin Satire Project: Periods 2 & 3 (507 Lab), Period 4 (Library)

HW - Read "The Autobiography of Mark Twain" (pp 658-666)

 

1. SSR - Finish "The Autobiography of Mark Twain"

2. Small Group Analysis Questions

HW - Finish "The Autobiography of Mark Twain" Analysis Questions

 

1. Satire Project. Periods 2 & 3 (507 Lab), Period 4 (506 Lab)

HW - Finish & Print Satire Project. Don't forget the Works Cited page!

 

1. Transcendentalism Unit Exam Make-Up Day

HW - None

 

1. Introduction to Satire

2. Horatian vs Juvenalian Satire

3. Comics and Video Clips

HW - None

 

1. Finish Satire Video Clips

2. Satire Article #1 - Read and Respond

3. Satire Article #2 - Read and Respond

HW - Finish Article #2 Response

1. Finish "Walden" Analysis Questions

* Due @ the end of the period - No HW

 

1. Discuss/Correct "Walden" Analysis Questions

2. "Eldo Observations" - Nature Writing

HW - FInish "Nature Writing" Assignment

 

1. Begin Transcendentalism in Mass Media

HW - None

 

1. Continue Transcendentalism in Mass Media

HW - None

 

1. Continue working on Transcendenatlism in Movies & Comics

HW - None

 

 

1. Discuss "Song of Myself" Part 6

2. Begin "Song of Myself" Parts 46 & 52

HW - Finish Vocab, Topic & Tone for 46 & 52

 

1. Small Groups - Finish Parts 46 & 52 Questions

2. Discuss - Parts 46 & 52

HW - None

 

1. SSR - Begin reading "Walden" pp 382-387

2. Free Verse Poetry: Using Whitman's poetry as a model, write a 20-line Free Verse poem about either a specific aspect of America (ex: labor, sorrows), or a certain aspect of life (ex: Part 6: Death, Part 46 Adventurous Living, Part 52 Unrestrained Living). Be sure you poem includes annotated examples of alliteration, internal rhyme, assonance, consonance, personification, & imagery.

 

Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds within several words found in a single line of verse (not at the start of every one);

 

Consonance: the repetition of consonant sounds within several words found in a single line of verse (not at the start of every one):

"Are you asking me to come up with examples of consonance? I’ll seek it out in lyrics and book",

 

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me"

 

1. SSR - Finish reading "Walden" pp 388-391

2. Finish Free Verse Poem and Annotations

HW - Finish reading "Walden"

 

1. SSR - Finish Poem or finish reading "Walden"

2. "Walden" Analysis Questions (collected @ the end of the period)

HW - None

1. 2017-18 Registration

2. "Self-Reliance" Read & Questions

HW - Finish "Self-Reliance" Questions

 

1. Discuss/Correct "Self-Reliance"

2. Personification in Nature: Picture-Taking

HW - Email Picture to school account

 

1. Chromebooks: Personification in Nature

a. MLA Format, Clear Rhyme Scheme, 1x alliteration, 1x metaphor, 1x juxtaposition, Insert Image

b. Prose: Describe where you took this picture and describe/explain what "human" characteristics you see in in (3-4 sentences)

c. Write a 20 line poem in which you support 1 transcendental characteristics through personification directed toward something in the image you chose.

Focus on Emotion over Reason

Focus on Subjective/Emotional issues related to the individual

Exalting nature in all creative & destructive powers

Reflection on the experiences of childhood and the simple life

Self-Trust & Self-Reliance

HW - Print your document to turn in tomorrow (Thursday)

 

1. Share Poems

2. Begin "Psalm of Life" and "Nature"

HW - Finish 1 poem

 

1. SSR - "Civil Disobedience" (pp 370-377)

2. FInish "Psalm of Life" and "Nature"

HW - Finish reading "Civil Disobedience"

 

1. Discuss Nature #2 - Small Groups

2. Correct Nature #2 - Whole Class

3. Nature #3 (except for 2nd period)

HW - Finish Nature #3 (except for 2nd period)

 

1. Intro to Transcendentalism Video

HW - None

 

1. Class Discussion Questions

2. Characteristics of Transcendentalism

HW - None

 

1. "Nature #1" - Vocabulary

2. Nature #1 - Questions

3. Nature #1 - Correct & Discuss

HW - None

 

1. "Nature #2" - Vocabulary

2. Nature #2 - Questions

3. Nature #2 - Correct

HW - None

 

1. Introduction to Rhetoric Essay

2. Use the Yellow Textbook and the following links for each document

I Have a Dream - MLK Jr

 

1. Chromebooks: Work on Essay

HW - Work on Essay as Needed

 

1. Topic Sentences & Transitions

2. Chromebooks: Work on Essay

HW - Print 1st Draft to bring to class on Thursday

 

1. Writer's Workshop: Peer Editing

HW - Work on Essay as Needed

 

1. Computer Lab: Revision, Polish, and Print Final Essay (due at end of period)

 

1. Welcome - Check Locators

2. Ethos, Pathos, Logos in Advertisements

3. Your own Persuasive Argument - Writing

HW - Finish your own persuasive argument

 

1. Share/Discuss persuasive arguments

2. Introduction to Bias in Advertisements WebQuest

3. Begin Bias in Advertisements WebQuest

HW - None

 

1. Work on WebQuest

 

1. Work on WebQuest

HW - Work on WebQuest as needed to finish tomorrow

 

1. Finish WebQuest - Print & Turn in Before you Leave

HW - None